John lust



(No Model.)

J.LUST.

FODDE'R BINDER.

No. 554.943. Patented Feb. 18, 1896'.

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Attorney UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN LUST, OF NEW WVASHINGTON, OHIO.

FODDER-BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,943, dated February 18, 1896.

Application filed March 5, 1894. Serial No'. 502,390. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN LUST, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Washington, in the county of Crawford and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fodder Binders;

and I do declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a side elevation of the binder. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of the wire, the block, and the transverse sticks.

This invention has relation to fodder-binders, and is designed to provide a simple, durable, and convenient device, whereby bundles or shocks of corn or other fodder may be quickly and securely bound.

With this object in view the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, all as hereinafter described and pointed out in the appended claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates a piece of flexible wire, which is to be made approximately equal in length to the circumference of the bundle or shock to be bound. One end of this wire is made fast to a block B by being passed through a perforation thereof and twisted back upon itself. Said block B upon its upper face is of greater thickness at that end portion to which the wire is attached, forming at b a transverse offset or vertical shoulder. Extending into the thicker end of this block to a point somewhat beyond the oifset or shoulder 11 is a narrow vertical slot 0.

Secured in the free end portion of the wire are a series of short transverse sticks O, a few inches distant one from another. In the drawings I have shown three of such sticks,

but a greater or less number may be employed.

In using the device the wire A is passed around the bundle or shock to be bound, and the free end portion of the wire is slipped into the slot 0, bringing one of the sticks O to a seat against the shoulder b, against which it is tightly drawn and securely held by the tension of the wire.

The series of sticks permits the binder to be employed with bundles or shocks of somewhat varying sizes.

The vertical edges of the slot 0 are usually beveled or flared, as at d, to facilitate the insertion of the wire.

This binder is superior to straw or twine, for the reason that it is much stronger and more convenient; also by reason of its durability, as it Will not rot if the fodder is stacked out of doors, and it cannot be severed by mice or other vermin.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described fodder-binder, comprising a block of wood reduced on one face for a portion of its length to form the square shoulders I), b, at right angles to its surface, the unreduced end portion of said block having therein a narrow slot which extends to a point slightly below the said shoulders, said end portion also having a perforation therethrough adjacent to the said slot and a flexible wire secured at one end to the said block by means of the said perforation, and having near its opposite end one or more sticks secured transversely thereof, all substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN LUST.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN H. SHEETZ, A. H. SCHWEMLEY. 

